Dex One plans to cut as many as 65 workers in Colorado, or nearly 10 percent of its workforce in the state, as part of a second round of layoffs in the past month.

The yellow-pages publisher, which shed less than 15 percent of its workforce in December, is outsourcing its internal graphics work to the Pacific Rim.

The company has already decided to eliminate those operations in the East but cannot immediately implement cuts in the West because employees in the region, which includes Colorado, are represented by the Communications Workers of America Local 7777 union.

“We have made the decision to eliminate internal graphics functions in the East,” said Chris Hardman, a Dex spokesman.

The company has notified the CWA of its intention to do the same in the West, he said.

In the Denver area, the CWA represents 157 Dex One members, 65 of whom are in the graphics department, said Local 7777 president Lisa Bolton.

“That’s a huge hit for our Dex workforce,” Bolton said. “This is going to hurt a lot of people and add to the economic hardship that we have in Denver right now.”

Cary, N.C.-based Dex One employs more than 3,000 nationwide and 675 in Denver and Colorado Springs, its highest concentration of workers in any region.

Hardman said the cuts, part of an effort to reduce operating expenses by $100 million in the next year, will help the company lower its “cost structure while maintaining high quality for our advertisers and consumers.”

The cuts in the East are expected to be completed by the end of the third quarter, Hardman said. He wouldn’t disclose how many workers will lose their jobs.

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